<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Editors:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Louise Bezuidenhout (University of </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">Witwatersrand<span style="color:black"> and Notre Dame)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Sabina Leonelli (University of Exeter)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Brian Rappert (University of Exeter)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Background</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">: This Special
Issue aims to explore </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">how, why, </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">and </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">to what end </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">scientists in developing countries, and particularly
those in sub-Sahara Africa, share and re-use data, and</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">whether these
activities differ from the priorities, practices, and policies associated with
research in</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">other conditions.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black"> We seek to attract papers that capture the challenges of conducting
research in low-resourced environments and the innovative ways in which
scientists overcome these challenges and produce/disseminate/use data (whether
in digital or other formats). We would
be happy to discuss possible contributions with prospective authors over email.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Venue:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black"> The </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Data Science Journal </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">is produced by </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">CODATA (the Committee
on Data for Science and Technology), an interdisciplinary Scientific Committee
of the International Council for Science overseeing data handling and
data-intensive research across disciplines and countries around the world. The </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Data Science
Journal</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">
has a range of submission types, including standard articles (up to 8,000
words). See</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://datascience.codata.org/about/submissions/"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black;text-decoration:none">http://datascience.codata.org/about/submissions/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black"> for more details. </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Data Science
Journal</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black"> speaks to a range of audiences, including
researchers across the physical, life and social sciences, and provides inexpensive
Open Access publication options. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Provisional Timetable:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Invitation of Submission of Abstract (500
words): 1 September 2016</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Deadline for Submissions: 20 December 2016</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Reviewers’ Feedback to Authors: 30 March 2017</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Deadline for Submission of Revised Papers: 15
May 2017</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Potential Publication: July/August 2017</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Confirmed Contributors:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Michelle Willmers (UCT)<b></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Louise Bezuidenhout (Exeter)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Sabina Leonelli (Exeter)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">Brian Rappert (Exeter)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black"> </span></i></p><div>Regards,</div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.codata.org</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:asha@codata.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">asha@codata.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE</div></div></div></div></div>
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